2017职称英语考试理工类C级阅读判断新增文章

2017职称英语考试理工类C级阅读判断新增文章(4)BillGates:UnleashingYourCreativityI'vealwaysbeenanoptimistandIsupposeitisrootedinmybeliefthatthepowerofcreativityandintelligencecanmakethewordabetterplace.ForaslongasIcanremember,I'velovedlearningnewthingsandsolvingproblems.SowhenIsatdownatacomputerforthefirsttimeinseventhgrade,Iwashooked.Itwasaclunkyoldteletypemachineanditcouldbarelydoanythingcomparedtothecomputerswehavetoday.Butitchangedmylife.WhenmyfriendPaulAllenandIstartedMicrosoft30yearsago,wehadavisionof"acomputeroneverydeskandineveryhome",whichprobablysoundedalittletoooptimisticatatimewhenmostcomputerswerethesizeofrefrigerators.Butwebelievedthatpersonalcomputerswouldchangetheworld.Andtheyhave.Andafter30years,I'mstillasinspiredbycomputersasIwasbackinseventhgrade.Ibelievethatcomputersarethemostincredibletoolwecanusetofeedourcuriosityandinventiveness--tohelpussolveproblemsthateventhesmartestpeoplecouldn'tsolveontheirown.Computershavetransformedhowwelearn,givingkidseverywhereawindowintoalloftheworld'sknowledge.They'rehelpingusbuildcommunitiesaroundthethingswecareaboutandtostayclosetothepeoplewhoareimportanttous,nomatterwheretheyare.LikemyfriendWarrenBuffett,IfeelparticularlyluckytodosomethingeverydaythatIlovetodo.Hecallsit"tap-dancingtoWork".MyjobatMicrosoftisaschallengingasever,butwhatmakesme"tap-danceingtowork"iswhenweshowpeoplesomethingnew,likeacomputerthatcanrecognizeyourhandwritingoryourspeech,oronethatcanstorealifetime'sworthofphotos,andtheysay,"Ididn'tknowyoucoulddothatwithaPC5!"ButforallthecoolthingsthatapersoncandowithaPC,therearelotsofotherwayswecanputourcreativityandintelligencetoworktoimproveourworld6.Therearestillfartoomanypeopleintheworldwhosemostbasicneedsgounmet7.Everyyear,forexample,millionsofpeoplediefromdiseasesthatareeasytopreventortreatinthedevelopedworld.Ibelievethatmyowngoodfortunebringswithitaresponsibilitytogivebacktotheworld.Mywife,Melinda,andIhavecommittedtoimprovinghealthandeducationinawaythatcanhelpasmanypeopleaspossible.Asafather,IbelievethatthedeathofachildinAfricaisnolesspoignantortragicthan9thedeathofachildanywhereelse,andthatitdoesn'ttakemuchtomakeanimmensedifferenceinthesechildren'slives.I'mstillverymuchanoptimist,andIbelievethatprogressoneventheworld'stoughestproblemsispossible--andit'shappeningeveryday.We'reseeingnewdrugsfordeadlydiseases,newdiagnostictools,andnewattentionpaidtothehealthproblemsinthedevelopingworld.I'mexcitedbythepossibilitiesIseeformedicine,foreducationand,ofcourse,fortechnology.AndIbelievethatthroughournaturalinventiveness,creativityandwillingnesstosolvetoughproblems,we'regoingtomakesomeamazingachievementsinalltheseareasinmylifetime.词汇：unleashvt.解开;放纵;使自由inspirevt.鼓舞optimistn.乐观主义者incredibleadj.难以置信的clunky(clonky)adj.发出沉闷金属声的curiosityn.好奇心inventivenessn.发明创造的能力teletype(teletype-writer)n.电传打字机poignantadj.令人悲痛的，可怜的tragicadj.悲剧的，悲惨的visionn.想象;幻想;美景immenseadj.巨大的注释：1.berootedin：扎根于;深深地存在于2.Itwasaclunkyoldteletypemachineanditcouldbarelydoanythingcomparedtothecomputerswehavetoday.那是一台笨重的旧式电传打字机，跟我们今天的电脑相比几乎干不了什么事。本句中，barely意为almostnot;compareto在美国英语中也可以等同于comparewith(与……相比)。3.They’rehelpingUSbuildcommunitiesaroundthethingswecareaboutandtostayclosetothepeoplewhoareimportanttoUS，nomatterwheretheyare.电脑帮助我们就我们所关心的事情建立一个交流的场所，并且与那些我们认为对我们有重要意义的人密切相处，不管他们身在何处。careabout指不管喜欢或不喜欢的事情都很关心、介意、在乎、计较。击、轻敲”;tapdance是“踢踏舞”。这里实际意思是“(手指)轻轻敲击键盘的工作”。5.PC(personalcomputer)：个人计算机6.ButforallthecoolthingsthatapersoncandowithaPC，therearelotsofotherwayswecanputourcreativityandintelligencetoworktoimproveourworld.除了我们能用计算机做的所有神奇的事情，还有很多其他方式发挥我们的创造力和智慧，从而使世界更加美好。7.gounmet：得不到满足。在这里go是系动词，unmet是过去分词作表语：8.committo此处意为，保证做某事。9.noless…than：和……一样，不亚于……10.andthatitdoesn’ttakemuchtomakeanimmensedifferenceinthesechildren’Slives.而且要改善这些孩子们的命运，其实不难。此处it是形式主语，真正的主语是不定式短语tomakeanimmensedifferenceinthesechildren’Slives。练习：1.AcomputerwasasbigasaniceboxwhenBillGateswasahighschoolstudent.ARightBWrongCNotmentioned2.BillGateshasbeendreamingofthepopularityofcomputersforhislifetime.ARightBWrongCNotmentioned3.BillGatescompareshishardworkonaPCto"tap-dancingtowork".ARightBWrongCNotmentioned4.ToBillGates'mind,thereisabigdifferencebetweenthedeathofthepoor'schildrenandthedeathoftherich'schildren.ARightBWrongCNotmentioned5.SofarBillGateshascontributedseveraldozenbilliondollarstothecharities.ARightBWrongCNotmentioned6.BillGatesandhiswifeconsiderittheirdutytohelpthepoorbettertheirhealthandeducationasmuchaspossible.ARightBWrongCNotmentioned7.BillGateswillleaveonlyasmallportionofhiswealthforhischildren.ARightBWrongCNotmentioned答案与题解：1.A文章第三段中比尔?盖茨说，当他念七年级时，电脑就是冰箱那么大2.A文章第三段比尔?盖茨说，他30年前与PaulAllen一起创办微软公司时就梦想一桌一机、一户一机，而且从其他各段也可以看到他对电脑有很多的期待。3.B从第七段第二句可以看到作这样比较的是他的朋友WarrenBuffett，而不是他自己。4.B在倒数第三段，比尔?盖茨已经明确说，所有这些儿童的死亡都一样令人伤心和悲痛，没有什么区别。5.c文章没有提到他给慈善机构捐款的事。6.A倒数第四段比尔?盖茨认为他一生好运，就理应回报社会，所以他和他的妻子做出了，要帮助尽可能多的人改善医疗和教育条件。7.C文章没有提到。译文：比尔·盖茨：发挥你的创造力我一直是个乐观主义者，我想这是因为我深信创造力和智慧能使世界变得更美好。在我的记忆中，我喜欢学习新东西、解决难题。所以当我七年级时第一次坐在电脑前时，我立刻被吸引住类。那是一台笨重的旧式电传打字机，跟我们今天的电脑相比几乎什么事都不能做。但是它却改变我的一生。30年前我和朋友保罗·艾伦创办微软的时候，我们预见到一个“每个办公桌和每个家庭都会有一台电脑”的时代。在那个计算机像冰箱一样大的时代，这听起来也许太乐观了一点。但是我们相信个人计算机会改变世界。而它们真的做到了。30年后的今天，计算机仍然会激发我的热情，好像我又回到了七年级的年代。我认为计算机是能满足我们的好奇心，激发我们创造精神的最神奇的工具，它能帮助我们解决最聪明的人都不能独自解决